The Thing - Palmers Blood Test

[BladeRunnerFan]

So I’ve found how to make to regular non infected blood samples in petri dishes, but can anyone give any tips on creating Palmers? I’m stuck on how to make the 2 blood tentacle looking things. Is slow cure resin pliable or is there a way to make a mold? If anyone can help I’d greatly appreciate for my Thing display!

And if anyone could help me isolate their names so I can print them on thin paper and trace them onto the tape? I’d glady pay for the work and palmer blood sample advice!

 

[madmax]

There is a3d print file on Cults,i've printed it not painted it yet

Blood Sample creature - The Thing fan art

3D Printable creature created based on the blood sample monster from John carpenters The Thing. 2 versions in the download, A split and keyed version and also a whole unsplit model

cults3d.com

 

[breen2057]

you could sculpt or get a 3d print of the tentacles and make a mold to cast the infected blood sample.

 

[TSpawn]

I made a set of these a couple years ago for the secret santa thing and I ended up 3D printing a Dungeons and Dragons elemental token and dripping the red resin over it. When the resin cured a bit but was still a bit runny I used a skewer to drag it between points to create drips and stringy bits.

Not sure if this helps but here are the screen grabs I had saved of the name tags.

 

[expo180]

That Palmer sample looks awesome, TSpawn!

I'm planning on a MacReady build myself, and for the sample I'm taking inspiration from 00fil00's build, linked below, using the same Air Elemental miniature (I bagged one cheap on ebay).

The Thing - Blood Props

Good luck with your build, BRF

 

[TSpawn]

That Palmer sample looks awesome, TSpawn!

I'm planning on a MacReady build myself, and for the sample I'm taking inspiration from 00fil00's build, linked below, using the same Air Elemental miniature (I bagged one cheap on ebay).

The Thing - Blood Props

Good luck with your build, BRF

Ah that is exactly the post I used as reference when I set about doing this! Great inspiration.

 

[BladeRunnerFan]

Unfortunately I don’t have a 3D printer, I was basing mine just off ones on etsy and google images but wanted to have it be completely clear, that’s why I wondered about making a mold or if the resin is pliable at while curing as that would be easier since I’ve never made a mold or casting of anything, and really need to get it semi ‘tentacle’ looking for my collection. But the ideas so far have been really good!

 

[expo180]

Something like this, maybe? It's not clear, but it's certainly 'tentacley'

I think it could easily be modded by removing the legs, and once painted it could look pretty disgusting...i.e. great

Just another idea, BRF (one which I might also try myself)

Tentacle Miniature

 

[Metalalien]

Aww baby sweet! I love anything from The Thing! One of my old posts on this forum was about the thing. Those blood test dishes look amazing!

 

[expo180]

Well, I tested my idea of using the tentacled miniature (mentioned above) and it turned out quite well...I think

I haven't quite nailed the blood colour though, and so I might repaint it at some point.

I've also been putting together a few other things for my own MacReady costume, including making my own hat, so perhaps I might start a thread of my own one day

 

[Metalalien]

You could always go with the original. The original popped out as a little creature with arms and a mouth before splashing to the ground as a blood pool again. There is a photo of the real one out there somewhere... but it looked something like this...

 

[expo180]

That's awesome!

Really appreciate you posting the stills too